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August 5, 2014 Amy K. Nelson

On WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show on Tuesday morning, fill-in host Manoush Zomorodi was doing a segment about yesterday’s Department of Justice report on the rampant abuses, corruption and civil rights violations of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island. Toward the end of the segment, around the 26-minute mark, Zomorodi goes to the phone lines to take an anonymous […]

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March 25, 2014 Sophie Weiner

Lil Jon’s “Turn Down For What” has been creeping up the charts for weeks — beating Avicii and other EDM stalwarts — and NPR is on the case with the burning questions: What is “turn down?” And for that matter, what is “turn up?” Let’s ask someone who “produces” the “EDM” and takes the “mollys.” Whoever […]

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February 27, 2014 Eugene Reznik

Because pizza is very important, journalists at NPR have crunched the numbers and released this morning’s indispensable infographics averaging the price of a pie across 237 mostly urban U.S. neighborhoods, including NYC. Unsurprisingly, Midtown Manhattan comes in with the highest price at an average of about $23 a pie — meaning you could buy one for less […]

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